MMA Top 25 by weight class through fights of April 30, 2022
Heavyweight - over 205 lbs.
| Apr Rank |
May Rank |
Fighter | WC | Rating | Rated Record | Org | April results; •May schedule |
| 1 | 1 | Francis Ngannou | HW | 89.83 | 11-2-0 | UFC |  |
| 2 | 2 | Stipe Miocic | HW | 62.08 | 15-4-0 | UFC | --last rated win -20 months. |
| 3 | 3 | Philip De Fries | HW | 31.04 | 14-6-0 | KSW | |
| 5 | 4 | Curtis Blaydes | HW | 29.88 | 12-3-0 | UFC | |
| 4 | 5 | Daniel Cormier | HW | 29.86 | 18-3-0 | UFC | --last rated win -41 months. |
| 6 | 6 | Ciryl Gane | HW | 28.37 | 8-1-0 | UFC | |
| 7 | 7 | Ryan Bader | HW | 27.79 | 23-7-0 | Bell | •5/06 vs. #11 Cheick Kongo |
| 8 | 8 | Tom Aspinall | HW | 23.29 | 5-0-0 | UFC | |
| 9 | 9 | Tai Tuivasa | HW | 22.96 | 7-3-0 | UFC | |
| 10 | 10 | Derrick Lewis | HW | 21.13 | 15-7-0 | UFC | |
| 11 | 11 | Cheick Kongo | HW | 20.14 | 29-11-2 | Bell | •5/06 vs. #7 Ryan Bader |
| 12 | 12 | Salimgerey Rasulov | HW | 18.18 | 10-2-0 | ACA | |
| 13 | 13 | Ali Isaev | HW | 17.69 | 6-0-0 | Prof | --last rated win -28 months. |
| 14 | 14 | Fedor Emelianenko | HW | 16.93 | 34-6-0 | Bell | |
| 15 | 15 | Davion Franklin | HW | 16.75 | 3-0-0 | Bell | |
| 17 | 16 | Jailton Almeida | HW | 16.70 | 5-0-0 | UFC | •5/21 vs. #51 Parker Porter |
| 18 | 17 | Evgeniy Goncharov | HW | 16.65 | 7-1-0 | ACA | |
| 16 | 18 | Alistair Overeem | HW | 16.50 | 41-19-0 | UFC | --last rated win -19 months. |
| 20 | 19 | Alexander Volkov | HW | 16.30 | 22-9-0 | UFC | |
| 21 | 20 | Linton Vassell | HW | 16.07 | 12-6-0 | Bell | |
| 19 | 21 | Mirko Filipovic | HW | 16.07 | 34-11-2 | Bell | --last rated win -38 months. |
| 25 | 22 | Andrei Arlovski | HW | 15.61 | 34-20-0 | UFC | Beat #66 Jake Collier |
| 22 | 23 | Fabricio Werdum | HW | 15.60 | 24-9-1 | Prof | --last rated win -21 months. |
| 23 | 24 | Mukhomad Vakhaev | HW | 15.47 | 6-2-1 | ACA | |
| 24 | 25 | Valentin Moldavsky | HW | 15.45 | 7-2-0 | Bell |
Light Heavyweight - 205 lb. limit
| Apr Rank |
May Rank |
Fighter | WC | Rating | Rated Record | Org | April results; •May schedule |
| 1 | 1 | Jon Jones | LH | 68.70 | 20-1-0 | UFC | --last rated win -26 months. |
| 2 | 2 | Vadim Nemkov | LH | 52.68 | 9-2-0 | Bell | [Interim LH title holder] NC #5 Corey Anderson |
| 3 | 3 | Glover Teixeira | LH | 51.77 | 26-6-0 | UFC | |
| 4 | 4 | Jan Blachowicz | LH | 43.52 | 22-7-0 | UFC | •5/14 vs. #14 Aleksandar Rakic |
| 5 | 5 | Corey Anderson | LH | 32.06 | 11-4-0 | Bell | NC #2 Vadim Nemkov |
| 6 | 6 | Magomed Ankalaev | LH | 28.41 | 10-1-0 | UFC | |
| 7 | 7 | Phil Davis | LH | 24.42 | 20-6-0 | Bell | |
| 8 | 8 | Marvin Vettori | LH | 23.90 | 9-3-1 | UFC | |
| 9 | 9 | Jiri Prochazka | LH | 21.41 | 15-1-1 | UFC | |
| 10 | 10 | Paul Craig | LH | 20.82 | 8-4-1 | UFC | |
| 11 | 11 | Muslim Magomedov | LH | 20.59 | 8-0-0 | ACA | |
| 12 | 12 | Da Un Jung | LH | 20.23 | 4-0-1 | UFC | |
| 13 | 13 | Anthony 'Lionheart' Smith | LH | 19.80 | 23-10-0 | UFC | |
| 14 | 14 | Aleksandar Rakic | LH | 17.41 | 8-1-0 | UFC | •5/14 vs. #4 Jan Blachowicz |
| 15 | 15 | Jamahal Hill | LH | 16.35 | 7-1-0 | UFC | |
| 16 | 16 | Ibragim Chuzhigaev | LH | 14.53 | 10-1-0 | KSW | |
| 17 | 17 | Maxim Grishin | LH | 14.39 | 18-6-2 | UFC | |
| 18 | 18 | Joshua Silveira | LH | 14.31 | 3-0-0 | Prof | |
| 19 | 19 | Karl Albrektsson | LH | 13.93 | 9-3-0 | Bell | |
| 20 | 20 | Brendan Allen | LH | 13.91 | 13-4-0 | UFC | |
| 21 | 21 | Dustin Jacoby | LH | 13.90 | 10-5-1 | UFC | |
| 22 | 22 | Ihor Potieria | LH | 13.48 | 1-0-0 | Dana | |
| 23 | 23 | Nicolae Negumereanu | LH | 13.35 | 3-0-0 | UFC | |
| 24 | 24 | Alex Polizzi | LH | 13.22 | 4-1-0 | Bell | •5/06 vs. #58 Yoel Romero |
| 25 | 25 | Antonio Carlos Jr. | LH | 12.90 | 9-4-0 | Prof | Beat #98 Delan Monte |
Middleweight - 185 lb. limit
| Apr Rank |
May Rank |
Fighter | WC | Rating | Rated Record | Org | April results; •May schedule |
| 1 | 1 | Israel Adesanya | MW | 66.19 | 12-1-0 | UFC |  |
| 2 | 2 | Gegard Mousasi | MW | 53.15 | 40-7-2 | Bell | |
| 3 | 3 | Robert Whittaker | MW | 38.36 | 15-6-0 | UFC | --last rated win -12 months. |
| 4 | 4 | Rafael Lovato Jr. | MW | 31.70 | 7-0-0 | Bell | --last rated win -34 months. |
| 5 | 5 | Jared Cannonier | MW | 31.15 | 8-5-0 | UFC | |
| 7 | 6 | Sean Strickland | MW | 28.79 | 19-3-0 | UFC | |
| 6 | 7 | Georges St. Pierre | MW | 27.29 | 24-2-0 | UFC | --last rated win -53 months. |
| 8 | 8 | Reinier de Ridder | MW | 25.56 | 6-0-0 | One | |
| 9 | 9 | Roberto Soldic | MW | 25.09 | 10-1-0 | KSW | |
| 10 | 10 | Magomedrasul Gasanov | MW | 23.92 | 5-0-0 | ACA | |
| 11 | 11 | Lorenz Larkin | MW | 22.72 | 14-7-0 | Bell | •5/06 vs. #101 Kyle Stewart |
| 12 | 12 | Derek Brunson | MW | 22.69 | 18-8-0 | UFC | |
| 13 | 13 | Chris Curtis | MW | 20.08 | 17-5-0 | UFC | |
| 14 | 14 | Dricus Du Plessis | MW | 19.83 | 7-1-0 | UFC | |
| 15 | 15 | Andre Muniz | MW | 19.05 | 7-1-0 | UFC | |
| 16 | 16 | Vladimir Mineev | MW | 18.91 | 7-1-1 | AMC | |
| 17 | 17 | Alex Pereira | MW | 17.21 | 2-0-0 | UFC | |
| 18 | 18 | Rafal Haratyk | MW | 17.12 | 9-1-0 | ACA | |
| 19 | 19 | Johnny Eblen | MW | 16.92 | 6-0-0 | Bell | |
| 21 | 20 | Anatoly Tokov | MW | 16.20 | 11-1-0 | Bell | |
| 20 | 21 | Salamu Abdurahmanov | MW | 16.02 | 5-0-0 | ACA | --last rated win -29 months. |
| 33 | 22 | Anthony 'Fluffy' Hernandez | MW | 16.00 | 6-2-0 | UFC | Beat #44 Josh Fremd |
| 22 | 23 | Chidi Njokuani | MW | 15.64 | 15-5-0 | UFC | •5/21 vs. #87 Dusko Todorovic |
| 37 | 24 | Pawel Pawlak | MW | 14.95 | 7-3-1 | KSW | Beat #56 Cezary Kesik |
| 24 | 25 | Brad Tavares | MW | 14.70 | 14-6-0 | UFC |
Welterweight - 170 lb. limit
| Apr Rank |
May Rank |
Fighter | WC | Rating | Rated Record | Org | April results; •May schedule |
| 1 | 1 | Kamaru Usman | WW | 96.02 | 15-0-0 | UFC |  |
| 5 | 2 | Belal Muhammad | WW | 38.78 | 16-3-0 | UFC | Beat #4 Vicente Luque |
| 12 | 3 | Khamzat Chimaev | WW | 36.63 | 8-0-0 | UFC | Beat #2 Gilbert Burns |
| 3 | 4 | Leon Edwards | WW | 35.78 | 13-2-0 | UFC | |
| 6 | 5 | Colby Covington | WW | 30.67 | 11-3-0 | UFC | |
| 7 | 6 | Yaroslav Amosov | WW | 29.75 | 8-0-0 | Bell | |
| 8 | 7 | Ray Cooper III | WW | 28.00 | 15-4-1 | Prof | •5/06 vs. #36 Carlos Leal Miranda |
| 9 | 8 | Sean Brady | WW | 26.89 | 10-0-0 | UFC | |
| 2 | 9 | Gilbert Burns | WW | 26.28 | 13-5-0 | UFC | Lost to #12 Khamzat Chimaev |
| 10 | 10 | Ali Bagov | WW | 25.59 | 15-8-0 | ACA | |
| 11 | 11 | Abubakar Vagaev | WW | 25.57 | 15-3-0 | ACA | |
| 13 | 12 | Muslim Salikhov | WW | 23.67 | 7-1-0 | UFC | |
| 14 | 13 | Neil Magny | WW | 23.34 | 18-8-0 | UFC | |
| 15 | 14 | Michael Page | WW | 23.33 | 14-1-0 | Bell | •5/13 vs. #28 Logan Storley |
| 16 | 15 | Jason Jackson | WW | 23.25 | 10-2-0 | Bell | |
| 17 | 16 | Gadzhi Khiramagomedov | WW | 22.89 | 9-3-0 | ACA | |
| 4 | 17 | Vicente Luque | WW | 22.61 | 13-3-0 | UFC | Lost to #5 Belal Muhammad |
| 18 | 18 | Shavkat Rakhmonov | WW | 20.96 | 8-0-0 | UFC | |
| 19 | 19 | Mukhamed Berkhamov | WW | 20.72 | 8-0-0 | Bell | |
| 20 | 20 | Jarrah Al-Silawi | WW | 20.35 | 6-1-0 | Prof | •5/06 vs. #59 Gleison Tibau |
| 21 | 21 | Andrey Koreshkov | WW | 19.18 | 17-4-0 | Bell | |
| 22 | 22 | Albert Tumenov | WW | 17.98 | 13-4-0 | ACA | --last rated win -29 months. |
| 23 | 23 | Geoff Neal | WW | 17.84 | 9-3-0 | UFC | |
| 24 | 24 | Daniel Rodriguez | WW | 17.34 | 7-1-0 | UFC | |
| 26 | 25 | Philip Rowe | WW | 17.11 | 2-0-0 | UFC |
Lightweight - 155 lb. limit
| Apr Rank |
May Rank |
Fighter | WC | Rating | Rated Record | Org | April results; •May schedule |
| 1 | 1 | Khabib Nurmagomedov | LW | 84.82 | 15-0-0 | UFC | --last rated win -18 months. |
| 2 | 2 | Charles Oliveira | LW | 64.16 | 23-8-0 | UFC | [Interim LW title holder] •5/07 vs. #4 Justin Gaethje |
| 3 | 3 | Dustin Poirier | LW | 41.83 | 23-7-0 | UFC | |
| 4 | 4 | Justin Gaethje | LW | 39.71 | 17-3-0 | UFC | •5/07 vs. #2 Charles Oliveira |
| 5 | 5 | Beneil Dariush | LW | 38.49 | 16-4-1 | UFC | |
| 6 | 6 | Islam Makhachev | LW | 32.85 | 14-1-0 | UFC | |
| 7 | 7 | Rae Yoon Ok | LW | 31.34 | 8-2-0 | One | |
| 8 | 8 | Roberto de Souza | LW | 26.75 | 11-1-0 | Rizi | Beat #122 Johnny Case |
| 24 | 9 | Olivier Aubin-Mercier | LW | 24.92 | 10-4-0 | Prof | Beat #11 Natan Schulte |
| 9 | 10 | Mateusz Gamrot | LW | 23.22 | 14-1-0 | UFC | |
| 10 | 11 | Abdul-Aziz Abdulvakhabov | LW | 23.05 | 9-1-0 | ACA | |
| 12 | 12 | Christian Lee | LW | 22.62 | 9-3-0 | One | --last rated win -12 months. |
| 13 | 13 | Guram Kutateladze | LW | 22.50 | 6-0-0 | UFC | --last rated win -18 months. |
| 15 | 14 | Grant Dawson | LW | 22.46 | 10-1-1 | UFC | Beat #86 Jared Gordon |
| 14 | 15 | Artem Reznikov | LW | 21.91 | 5-0-0 | ACA | --last rated win -19 months. |
| 16 | 16 | Arman Tsarukyan | LW | 20.83 | 10-1-0 | UFC | |
| 17 | 17 | Eduard Vartanyan | LW | 20.63 | 14-3-0 | ACA | •5/21 vs. #87 Alain Ilunga |
| 18 | 18 | Gregor Gillespie | LW | 20.45 | 6-1-0 | UFC | |
| 19 | 19 | Mehdi Dakaev | LW | 19.63 | 5-0-0 | EFC | |
| 22 | 20 | Raush Manfio | LW | 19.53 | 8-2-0 | Prof | Beat #158 Don Madge |
| 21 | 21 | Ilia Topuria | LW | 19.38 | 7-0-0 | UFC | |
| 75 | 22 | Mark O. Madsen | LW | 18.99 | 5-0-0 | UFC | Beat #20 Vinc Pichel |
| 23 | 23 | Rafael dos Anjos | LW | 18.94 | 23-11-0 | UFC | |
| 50 | 24 | Spike Carlyle | LW | 18.52 | 7-2-0 | Rizi | Beat #40 Koji Takeda |
| 25 | 25 | Yusuf Raisov | LW | 18.18 | 12-2-0 | ACA |
Featherweight - 145 lb. limit
| Apr Rank |
May Rank |
Fighter | WC | Rating | Rated Record | Org | April results; •May schedule |
| 1 | 1 | Alexander Volkanovski | FW | 61.55 | 16-0-0 | UFC |  Beat #17 Chan Sung Jung |
| 3 | 2 | Patricio Freire | FW | 49.93 | 20-5-0 | Bell | Beat #2 A.J. McKee |
| 2 | 3 | A.J. McKee | FW | 34.08 | 12-1-0 | Bell | Lost to #3 Patricio Freire |
| 4 | 4 | Movlid Khaybulaev | FW | 32.47 | 8-0-1 | Prof | |
| 5 | 5 | Max Holloway | FW | 30.67 | 21-6-0 | UFC | |
| 6 | 6 | Movsar Evloev | FW | 28.32 | 10-0-0 | UFC | |
| 7 | 7 | Thanh Le | FW | 27.82 | 11-1-0 | One | |
| 8 | 8 | Magomedrasul Khasbulaev | FW | 25.57 | 15-3-0 | ACA | |
| 9 | 9 | Josh Emmett | FW | 25.17 | 11-2-0 | UFC | |
| 10 | 10 | Isao Kobayashi | FW | 25.00 | 24-5-2 | Panc | |
| 11 | 11 | Arnold Allen | FW | 24.22 | 10-0-0 | UFC | |
| 14 | 12 | Juntaro Ushiku | FW | 23.69 | 17-6-0 | Rizi | Beat #83 Yutaka Saito |
| 12 | 13 | Zabit Magomedsharipov | FW | 23.62 | 9-0-0 | UFC | --last rated win -29 months. |
| 13 | 14 | Calvin Kattar | FW | 23.45 | 13-4-0 | UFC | |
| 15 | 15 | Bryce Mitchell | FW | 22.39 | 9-0-0 | UFC | |
| 22 | 16 | Chris Wade | FW | 22.09 | 15-7-0 | Prof | Beat #39 Lance Palmer |
| 16 | 17 | Yoshinori Horie | FW | 20.51 | 8-3-0 | Rizi | |
| 19 | 18 | Bubba Jenkins | FW | 19.91 | 12-5-0 | Prof | Beat #182 Kyle Bochniak |
| 18 | 19 | Keisuke Sasu | FW | 19.88 | 5-0-0 | Shoo | |
| 20 | 20 | Kai Tang | FW | 19.67 | 4-0-0 | One | |
| 21 | 21 | Salahdine Parnasse | FW | 19.60 | 8-1-0 | KSW | |
| 23 | 22 | Umar Nurmagomedov | FW | 19.06 | 4-0-0 | UFC | |
| 24 | 23 | Adam Borics | FW | 19.00 | 7-1-0 | Bell | |
| 25 | 24 | Felipe Froes | FW | 17.97 | 9-3-0 | ACA | |
| 26 | 25 | Andrey Goncharov | FW | 17.85 | 3-0-0 | ACA |
Bantamweight - 135 lb. limit
| Apr Rank |
May Rank |
Fighter | WC | Rating | Rated Record | Org | April results; •May schedule |
| 1 | 1 | Henry Cejudo | BW | 51.12 | 10-2-0 | UFC | --last rated win -23 months. |
| 2 | 2 | Aljamain Sterling | BW | 47.18 | 15-3-0 | UFC | [Interim BW title holder] Beat #11 Petr Yan |
| 3 | 3 | Hiromasa Ougikubo | BW | 36.08 | 21-5-1 | Rizi | |
| 4 | 4 | John Lineker | BW | 36.00 | 14-3-0 | One | |
| 5 | 5 | Sergio Pettis | BW | 35.74 | 15-5-0 | Bell | |
| 6 | 6 | T.J. Dillashaw | BW | 31.31 | 13-3-0 | UFC | |
| 7 | 7 | Bibiano Fernandes | BW | 27.17 | 21-3-0 | One | --last rated win -30 months. |
| 9 | 8 | Merab Dvalishvili | BW | 26.41 | 8-2-0 | UFC | |
| 10 | 9 | Jose Aldo | BW | 25.20 | 25-7-0 | UFC | |
| 34 | 10 | Patrick Mix | BW | 25.01 | 10-1-0 | Bell | Beat #8 Kyoji Horiguchi |
| 12 | 11 | Stephen Loman | BW | 24.06 | 7-0-0 | One | |
| 13 | 12 | Jack Shore | BW | 22.92 | 7-0-0 | UFC | |
| 14 | 13 | Tatsuya Ando | BW | 22.47 | 10-3-1 | Shoo | |
| 15 | 14 | Fabricio Andrade | BW | 22.46 | 3-0-0 | One | |
| 16 | 15 | Kai Asakura | BW | 21.74 | 14-4-0 | Rizi | |
| 18 | 16 | Raufeon Stots | BW | 21.62 | 12-1-0 | Bell | Beat #45 Juan Archuleta |
| 32 | 17 | Yuki Motoya | BW | 20.00 | 23-7-0 | Rizi | Beat #29 Alan Yamaniha |
| 17 | 18 | Denis Lavrentyev | BW | 19.98 | 6-1-0 | MFP | |
| 26 | 19 | Danny Sabatello | BW | 19.97 | 3-0-0 | Bell | Beat #49 Jornel Lugo |
| 8 | 20 | Kyoji Horiguchi | BW | 19.11 | 27-5-0 | Bell | Lost to #34 Patrick Mix |
| 19 | 21 | Victor Henry | BW | 19.11 | 14-5-0 | UFC | |
| 40 | 22 | Marlon Vera | BW | 19.10 | 13-6-0 | UFC | Beat #27 Rob Font |
| 21 | 23 | Oleg Borisov | BW | 18.50 | 5-5-0 | ACA | |
| 22 | 24 | Saidyokub Kakhramonov | BW | 18.35 | 3-0-0 | UFC | |
| 23 | 25 | Sean O'Malley | BW | 18.34 | 7-1-0 | UFC |
Flyweight - 125 lb. limit
| Apr Rank |
May Rank |
Fighter | WC | Rating | Rated Record | Org | April results; •May schedule |
| 1 | 1 | Adriano Moraes | FL | 33.41 | 9-2-0 | One |  |
| 2 | 2 | Deiveson Figueiredo | FL | 32.98 | 11-2-1 | UFC | |
| 3 | 3 | Tatsuki Saomoto | FL | 25.62 | 16-1-0 | Rizi | |
| 8 | 4 | Jarred Brooks | FL | 25.45 | 10-2-0 | FIGH | Beat #30 Bokang Masunyane |
| 4 | 5 | Alexandre Pantoja | FL | 24.55 | 10-3-0 | UFC | |
| 5 | 6 | Brandon Moreno | FL | 24.48 | 9-3-2 | UFC | |
| 6 | 7 | Joshua Pacio | FL | 24.39 | 5-1-0 | One | |
| 7 | 8 | Azamat Kerefov | FL | 23.74 | 7-0-0 | ACA | |
| 9 | 9 | Demetrious Johnson | FL | 22.53 | 22-4-1 | One | --last rated win -30 months. |
| 10 | 10 | Kairat Akhmetov | FL | 20.66 | 8-2-0 | One | |
| 11 | 11 | Satoru Enomoto | FL | 19.54 | 8-1-0 | Panc | |
| 12 | 12 | Matheus Nicolau | FL | 18.42 | 6-1-0 | UFC | |
| 13 | 13 | Kai Kara France | FL | 18.19 | 9-3-0 | UFC | |
| 15 | 14 | Makoto Takahashi | FL | 16.80 | 11-1-1 | Deep | •5/08 vs. #52 Yamato Fujita |
| 14 | 15 | Murad Zeinulabidov | FL | 16.78 | 4-0-0 | ACA | --last rated win -17 months. |
| 16 | 16 | Juan Puerta | FL | 16.11 | 2-0-0 | Dana | |
| 17 | 17 | Keito Yamakita | FL | 16.00 | 4-0-0 | Panc | |
| 19 | 18 | Manel Kape | FL | 15.86 | 8-5-0 | UFC | |
| 18 | 19 | Amir Albazi | FL | 15.82 | 2-0-0 | UFC | --last rated win -15 months. |
| 20 | 20 | Tatsuro Taira | FL | 15.38 | 3-0-0 | UFC | •5/14 vs. #115 Carlos Candelario |
| 23 | 21 | Ryosuke Honda | FL | 15.16 | 5-1-0 | Deep | |
| 21 | 22 | Jimmy Flick | FL | 15.13 | 7-2-0 | UFC | --last rated win -16 months. |
| 22 | 23 | Abdula 'Dagger' Aliev | FL | 15.02 | 7-0-0 | UAE | --last rated win -27 months. |
| 25 | 24 | Askar Askarov | FL | 14.54 | 7-1-1 | UFC | --last rated win -13 months. |
| 24 | 25 | Shohei Masumizu | FL | 14.48 | 11-3-0 | Panc | --last rated win -33 months. |